Vocalising Desires: AMPLIFIED
Author: Yay! More people looking at my stuff…
DISCLAIMER: HAVE DONE IT ABOUT 99 TIMES ALREADY, CHECK CHAPTER 1 FOR MORE INFORMATION.
WARNING! LANGUAGE AND SOME VIOLENCE!
Chapter 7: Sekiranun Graffiti (Part 2: However Much Time Passes We'll Hold This Feeling Close)
-Len's POV-
I walk inside the apartment as the door closes with Rin standing there tapping her foot. I watch each tap with dread. She was awaiting a proper explanation of what she just saw me and Miku commit, or attempted to commit. I stare at her, now the arms are folded. The floor is beginning to smoulder at the repetitious and rapid tapping. I decided maybe answering would save the firemen some work tonight.
"Ahhh…Miku and I went out together and we sort of got…close" I explain vaguely. I see the foot tapping slowly ceasing and the smouldering smell was gone. I let go of a breath I wasn't even sure I was holding in. Until then.
"I see" Rin replied with a slightly…ominous voice and I begin to wonder what the hell is going to happen.
"Errr…Rin?" I say nervously. Suddenly I am tackled to the ground by the smaller girl who smiled happily.
"Look at you…even livelier then before the one day slump!" Rin said rubbing my head like a small puppy. I see her face, full of pride and relief. Maybe being like this was…a better lifestyle choice. But…what if…hmmmm…
"Rin…what happened with SeeU today?" I ask her nervously. I see the look of innocence and the slip in her hand. Suspension.
-Third Person POV-
Rin walked up to the cat eared, airheaded blonde girl and tapped her foot at her desk. SeeU didn't know this smaller blonde haired girl. She wasn't in her class but she looked…familiar…like that loser she, Akaito and Rei beat up on the rooftop yesterday.
"Hey, I'm Rin! I am from Class 1-3 what's your name?" Rin asked SeeU innocently, her wide sunny smile gave SeeU some sense of relief and made her more comfortable interacting with the stranger.
"Who is this loser SeeU?" a red haired, red eyed boy asked the girl sitting in front of Rin asked. Behind him was a sneering black haired boy who looked similar to Len…except this guy looked thuggish.
"Just some girl from Class 1-3" SeeU replied shrugging. Unaware of the flames leaping off Rin like the sun.
"Akaito-sama that's-" rei tried to say.
"Shut up Rei, let me deal with this" Akaito said firmly. Rei prayed to every God imaginable that they would be okay.
"Get out you short, loli-ARGH!" Akaito was cut off by a scream of pain as Rin hand chopped the elbow joint, snapping it. Rei jumped back trying to escape but was pulled back by his collar as Rin grabbed him and somehow, with that small body of hers, threw him into the blackboard, on the other side of where they were, at the back of the class.
When the teacher for Class 1-2 came in to show his daughter his job and how perfect and nice the place was, all he saw was a small blonde haired demon girl standing in amidst a ruin of a classroom with one red haired boy duct-taped to the roof, a black haired boy in a wall with his ass hanging out and a girl who was trying desperately to remove her super-glued cat eyes from her long blonde hair.
"What in the world?" Kiyoteru-sensei muttered as his adopted daughter Yuki came in and looked around the room. Kiyoteru was a young man about 23 years old and single. He had black hair, headphones around his neck, steel frame glasses and he wore a simple white shirt and some denim jeans. Kiyoteru was the teacher of that particular class who had brought in his adopted daughter, Yuki to see the wonders of his job...he was not impressed. Yuki was about 10 with black hair like her adoptive father's, small structure and wore a red and white dress and wore cute little red shoes.
Now, what is ironic is this…
Rin saw the newcomers with her demon-mode eyes and only saw angels. She attacked the taller angel with glasses on but was surprisingly stopped by the cherub below her and soon found herself at the principal's office…
Lesson of that situation…the smaller the girl the higher chance of defeat…
-Len's POV-
"So let me get this straight" I said as I listened to the story told by Rin as we sat down for a late dinner. "You stuck Akaito up on the roof and broke both his arms, you smashed a hole through the wall of my homeroom and it took 3 hours for Rei to be uncut and hospitalised for a major concussion, you super-glued SeeU's cat ears to her head and now she is bald and you were stopped by a child more than half your age"
"Yep"
"HOW THE HELL AREN'T YOU IN JAIL?" I exclaimed angrily. Rin shrunk in her seat obviously a little surprised by my outburst…wait so am I.
"Well…our parents are paying for school damages (not hospital fees and hairdresser fees) and their excuse was that "Awww! Our little Rinny playing along with the others so well"" Rin answered simply. I thought for a second. Yeah, compared to what has happened in the past…this is pretty tame. Rin almost set fire to our preschool just because a boy wouldn't give back her chibi Rin figurine. Luckily for the others and our parents…the preschool was made of brick and mortar…and Rin wanted to set it alight outside like a BIG campfire.
"Well…anyways…" I sighed and I noticed my change…why is Miku affecting me so much? ARGH!
"Yeah…so…you and Miku, eh?" Rin said grinning and I gulped…no escaping this subject. When it came to stuff like this, Rin will do anything to get it out of me…even breaking down my door (psychopath), nuking my bananas (bitch) and hanging me from the side of the apartment block (psychopathic bitch).
"What about us?" I reply as normally as I could, no stutter but I saw the expression change and realise…what I lacked was conviction.
"Tell me…now" Rin said firmly, glaring at me. I sighed, not wanting to end up like Akaito, SeeU and Rei, I explained.
-Miku's POV-
I sigh as I stare up at the ceiling of my bedroom roof. All I remember is sapphires. Sparkling blue sapphire orbs that were hard as the stone but soft as the night clouds that drifted in the sky above. I feel the heat rise to my cheeks as I remember the warmth I felt, the moment, the feeling, how our lips almost touched. I shook my head and buried my head into my pillow. Feeling the softness drag me away from reality.
"Miku?" Mikuo asked opening my bedroom door, he seemed worried. I look up from the confides of the comfort of softness, I am confused and I was glad the warmth had disappeared from my cheeks.
"Yes?"
"It is dinner you know…leek soup…your favourite" Mikuo said quietly. His expression changed as I sighed as I looked at him, not wanting to move from my bed. He stroked his chin, thinking. He was a science teacher and was pretty smart.
"What's wrong?" he asked me sitting beside me.
Apparently not as smart as I give credit to him for.
"Nothing" I answer quickly
"Sure…you are perfectly fine, missing your favourite dish in the entire world for a bed you will sleep on for the next 8 hours…perfectly fine" Mikuo said sarcastically, rolling his eyes up to the unseen force up there in the nightly sky.
Maybe he is actually as smart as I originally thought.
"…just school you know" I reply sighing. Mikuo then smirked playfully. I frown at this, he knows.
"A boy?" he asked with a mischievous grin appearing on his face. I hide my blushing face.
"HAHAHAHA! I was right!" he laughed happily as I threw my leek pillow at him. He wiped his eyes and apologised.
"But tonight…I almost…kissed a boy" I confessed quietly, I wasn't even sure if I said those words aloud or it was just a thought in my head. I hugged my other pillow tightly as the red, warm heat rushed up to my cheeks. I felt an arm fall on my shoulder.
"Idiot" I heard a stern voice say before a hand ruffled my hair. I look at Mikuo who was grinning so wide that I thought his cheeks would rip. "Why are you so embarrassed about that, eh? I bet Len feels the same way"
"How-"
"Did I know?" he finished and I nodded slowly. He simply laughed. "Who else would it be?"
-Rin's POV-
Next morning…
I slowly open my heavy and sleepy eyes. I had a perfect night's rest and ready for any fucker at scho-oh yeah, I am suspended for like a week or something like that. Maybe Mikuo could back me up on this…nah! I'll just the schoolwork off someone in my year, probably Teto or someone. I get up and put on a loose yellow shirt, tight denim jeans and place my white bow on my head before nodding once and skipping out of my room.
Maybe suspension wasn't a bad thing. I could always read manga like that new one 'No Gun's Life', watch anime like 'One Piece'; I still had like 10000000000000000000 episodes to watch until I get to the current episode, I could play 'Fallout 4' and blow shit up or read awesome FanFiction like 'Singing Swords' or 'Sneering Eyes' or something like that. Yeah I have like so many otaku things to do while Len is out of the house!
I walk up to the door to my brother's room and I knock on the door.
Knockknockknock "Lenny!" knockknockknock "Lenny!" knockknockknock "Lenny" I wait, waiting for the comical moment for Len to open the door, lean against the frame and say, "What?"
(A/N: Pls get the reference above)
"What?" I hear from down below.
"Can you come out and have breakfast?" I ask.
"Already had it" he replied from downstairs. I nod and walk downstairs and see Len.
"Oh, hey Len, just thought I would wake…you…up" I slowed down as I stared at my brother, fully dressed, no rings and bag ready to go.
"Morning Rin" Len greeted easily as his hand gripped the doorknob and he walked out.
I. WAS. SPEECHLESS…WTF?!
Did Len wake up before me. Prepare his and my breakfast. Got dressed. Packed his bag. And just leave for school. At...oh it's 7:30am…fine makes sense. I shrugged as I turned on the PS4 and heard the sweet music and selected 'Fallout 4'.
"COME AT ME YOU FUCKING DEATHCLAWS!"
-Third Person POV-
The music class for Class 1-3 began in the morning period for the group of students. Who were a little wary of Len now after Rin's outburst had placed three of their classmates in hospital (Miku wasn't there to witness). But even Miku was cautious around Len after hearing the rumours of Rin's 'Judgement and Justice". But still she sat next to him of the floor as the others watched with interest and a killing intent in case the genetics were also in Len as they were in Rin. Only problem, those genetic traits were loose and very sparse in Len's body, sure he was a martial artist but his brain had been rewired to cower but slowly those connections were returning to the original calling cells. Even then, he was taught 'self defence' not 'deadly offense'.
"Alrighty, so I hear Rei is going to be fine, Akaito has broken arms and SeeU may have to wear a wig" Meiko-sensei announced as she walked in, strangely joyful about giving the rather…negative news. People looked accusingly at Len who didn't seem to notice or care, his headphones were on and he was simply nodding to the rhythm of his own beat. However, not many people realised this but Len could hear every word perfectly, he wasn't listwening to music, rather being cautious of his surroundings. It had been a peculiar thing for him. He realised when he was being bullied (before he entered high school, during middle school he was bullied for his personality) and he did ignore it by not listening, he decided to make like it looked like he wasn't listening but in truth was hearing every word said perfectly. In fact he hears a lot of gossip and secrets he could use for blackmailing purposes if he ever needed to do so.
"So we have another project, a pair project. It is a songwriting and performance task!" Meiko-sensei exclaimed excitedly. The students groaned loudly, they swear that Meiko and the staff were drunk when they make up these hard as shit projects. "Just kidding, today we are learning about the various notes and how to interpret sheet music"
Lunchtime, a time where students relax and are thankful for the hour they are given to be free. Where teachers are cautious of behaviour outside the classroom and also generally relax. Today Len was on the rooftop, drawing something with his headphones playing 'Re:member' by FLOW. He was humming and nodding to the music as he drew. The door opened to the usual swirl and spinning of teal twintails and the yell of delight as the door shut and the tealette sitting down next to him as he went about his work.
"Whatcha drawing?" Miku asked leaning into the page blocking Len's light. She was chewing a leek and giggled as a familiar face peered up at her, chewing a leek.
"WAAAAAAAAAAHHH!" Len screamed recoiling back hiding the picture as he finally realised someone was watching him. Miku smiled in delight and happiness.
"You really know how to flatter a girl" Miku said seductively. Len gulped as he realised Miku had seen his drawing of her and last night was…really a…wake up call for him as he realised that Miku aka Vocaloid 01, had fallen in love with him. He hadnt realised the reddening cheeks as he remembered the close body contact and the sweet breath she had.
"Um, what are you doing up here Miku?" Len asked nervously and slightly embarrassed.
"You know I come up here to eat with you daily, right?" Miku replied puffing up her cheeks and Len smiled at her childish behaviour as he relaxed.
"Here" he said handing her his sketchbook. Miku took it and took another look at it. It was a pretty good picture. In the background were piles of misc stuff and starry night skies with the rare thinned out cloud in the air. She realised this was a play on of her recording last night of Odds & Ends plus Sky of Beginning with the night sky being the nightscape of their…near kissing scene. In the foreground was her standing slightly off centre, chewing happily on a leek but to the right of her was a silhouette of a boy, slightly shorter than her with scruffy hair but no defining features, only the figure and the hair, she guessed that the boy was looking in the same point at where she was. Ahead.
"This is amazing Len!" Miku exclaimed as Len rubbed the back of head in an awkward appreciation.
"T-thanks" Len replied.
Soon the pair were eating. Peacefully with the regular chitchat of work, events and whatever came to mind. Mainly music and the upcoming festival. Where they both realised was the right opportunity to ask one another out. But Len didn't want to because he was too nervous of asking and what would happen if his classmates or any other students caught them. Miku was too hesitant because she didn't know if Len really did like her.
Impasse.
"So…the festival" Len said bringing up the subject after finishing his banana and Miku her third leek.
"Yeah… are you going?" Miku asked.
"Yeah maybe…depends" Len said slowly.
"I might…but I don't know if Mikuo would be happy about me going alone" Miku admitted with a small smile.
"He would. But are you going with anyone?" Len asked curiously.
"No, are you?" Miku replied with a question.
"No" Len answered and now both teens were blushing.
'She is so cute when she blushes' Len thought not realising that he, himself was blushing a vivid red.
'Why is he…blushing?' Miku wondered also forgetting the warmth that blazed fiercely on her cheeks.
"W-would you like to g-go with m-" Len stuttered nervously but Miku cut in before he could even finish his sentence.
"YES!" Miku shouted wrapping her arms around his neck.
Meanwhile, Mikuo watched from a small crack in the door that was left ajar and smiled widely.
"Geez, I would have let you go alone, 'cause you'd end up with Len as your partner anyways, idiot" Mikuo whispered to himself as he put his heads in his pockets and strolled down the stairs to complete his playground duty.
Author: Done!
Yeah! So 'Singing Swords' is on hold as I clean it up, add POV's to even out the OC majority which is bad, add in a chapter or two where it is primarily LenxRin. Grammar checks and whatnot, all that good stuff. Fix up a few errors, smooth out the plot and everything. This all comes before Arc Three finishes because it was desperately needed. So yeah.
Chapter one: cleaned up
Chapter 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 all need this! So in the end the chapters will be 5k – 10k and there will probably be 9 chapters in total when I am finished with the cleanup.
Also Singing Swords will be ending soon! I know, but I have decided to do another follow on version called 'Blades of Woeful Notes' the sequel version. It will be a LukaxOC, LenxRin, GumixOC. So yeah, Singing Swords will only have three short arcs as the rest will follow on in the next story.
Plus this story may have a cleanup, doubt it but nothing too serious like for 'Singing Swords' but it is up for consideration.
Yes, I am a shameless promoter. I do like promoting my work but check out 'Sneering Eyes' a MikuxLuka FanFic and it is pretty damn good.
I am a Fallout fan! I have played 'Fallout: New Vegas' and am currently playing 'Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition' where I have the DLCs as well!
If you ever get the chance, check out the manga 'No Gun Life' (don't know if it is 'No Gun's Life' I forgot).
I may drop 'The Singers and the Samurai'
And the start of the other MikuxLen fanfiction is underway, 'Odds & Ends'.
It is about two unlikely people meeting and falling in love.
One is a outcast samurai and the other is a poor serving girl who has talents for…rather sharp tasks. It is set in the Seven Crow Cry Universe. It does feature Tsuki but as a minor character. There is a new character called Ryu. Len's friend and companion. It is coming out later possibly after the cleanup. But I am on it and more will be explained in the story. So yeah.
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